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Evolving English: the role of social media

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How many times have you heard teenagers berated for using the term 'like'? Yet this term has existed at least since 1586 when the term, 'Yon man is like out of his mind' was written into history. The truth is, our language is constantly evolving, with new words added, others dying off and some resurfacing again. In this ...

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Portraying the Exxon Valdez oil spill, 19 years on

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Ever heard the phrase 'there are two sides to every story'? While some texts might seem to present both sides of the story, close analysis can often reveal otherwise. This clip from Foreign Correspondent explores some arguments about the after-effects of one of the world's worst oil-spills. The spill occurred in 1989 when ...

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The climate change debate

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Climate change is a hot topic. Watch this clip to see examples of how some well-known Australians use language and persuasive techniques in a very public Q&A panel discussion on the issue.

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Books as a source of debate

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Imagine a world destroyed by cataclysm, where you were left to wander through an ash-coated landscape populated by thieves, murderers and even cannibals. That's the vision offered by Cormac McCarthy's 2006 novel 'The road'. Dystopian fiction can often be bleak and pessimistic in terms of the view of humanity it offers readers. ...

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Coral bleaching: solving the scientific puzzle

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Scientist Dr Ove Hoegh-Guldberg describes his work as one of solving mysteries and puzzles. In the early 1980s, samples of bleached corals came from around the world, causing Dr Hoegh-Guldberg to question the cause of the problem. Follow his investigation as he puts pieces of the puzzle together. Find out about the problems ...

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The Kyoto Protocol: exploring a debate

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Climate change remains a hot topic in Australia. Different people express various and often opposing viewpoints about how best to address climate change. As you watch this clip from 2007, explore the debate surrounding the Kyoto Protocol and practise analysing speakers' arguments.

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Redefining marriage: analysing an argument

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Why do people get married? Around the world, some people marry for love while others marry for social or pragmatic reasons, including economic ones. In this clip, filmed in 1973, explore the arguments of leading anthropologist Dr Margaret Mead as she challenges many of the ideas about marriage that were current at the time.

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Humans: will science and technology change us?

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Human evolution has produced the most powerful and resourceful species on Earth. What makes us human and what might we be like in the future? Through different types of representation this video traces how scientific and technological developments in the past have influenced what it means to be human now. Will emerging ...

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Primary Connections: All mixed up

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This is an extensive teaching unit focused on learning, through a collaborative, inquiry-based approach, about combining substances into mixtures and separating components. It includes comprehensive lesson plans, as well as student handouts and other teaching resources, for eight structured lessons that form an integrated ...

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Primary Connections: Machine makers

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This comprehensive teacher resource focuses on forces as pushes and pulls. Students explore forces in their everyday lives, including forces related to simple machines. Eight structured lessons are included, with comprehensive lesson plans, student handouts and additional teaching support material. The unit is based on ...

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Primary Connections: That’s my hat!

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This comprehensive teacher resource focuses on the properties of everyday materials. Students explore the effect of changing the type of materials used on the observable properties of an object, such as changing the materials used for the brim of a hat to make the hat more or less sun safe. They investigate the effect of ...

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Primary Connections: Changes all around

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This comprehensive teacher resource focuses on the observable properties of the sky and landscape in their local environment. They observe changes of different scales and time scales and classify changes as natural, constructed or managed. Students investigate the impact of people, compare features of objects before and ...

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Primary Connections: Dinosaurs and more

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This comprehensive teacher resource focuses on the relationships between form and function for living things, using the context of prehistoric animals. Students explore the skeletons and external features of prehistoric and modern animals and relate this to where they lived, they then examine teeth and identify how this ...

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Primary Connections: Growing well

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This comprehensive teacher resource focuses on the needs of living things, particularly the water, sunlight and nutrient needs of plants. Students observe and describe how conditions of the environment affect the features, behaviour and survival of plants and animals. They also identify that animals rely on external sources ...

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Improve our town: arguments: assessment

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Test your understanding of the arguments concerning a community issue. Help a local council decide on a development proposal. Determine whether the best use of a demolition site in the centre of town will be for a park or for a mall. Talk to people in the local community to find out their opinions. Restate the reasons given ...

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Discussion booklet - 'White Australia - to-day's dilemma', 1957

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This is the cover of a 16-page booklet titled 'White Australia - to-day's dilemma', an issue of Current Affairs Bulletin (CAB) edited by J L J Wilson. The booklet discusses the White Australia policy, which was in place at the time. It was published by the Department of Tutorial Classes at the University of Sydney and is ...

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Discussion booklet - 'White Australia - reform?', 1964

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This is the cover of a 16-page booklet titled 'White Australia - reform?', an issue of Current Affairs Bulletin. It discusses the White Australia policy, which was then in the process of being overturned. It was published by the Department of Tutorial Classes at the University of Sydney and is dated 6 July 1964. It now ...

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Speaking and listening map of development

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This is a description of seven phases in student development of the speaking and listening modes - emergent, beginning, early, exploratory, consolidating, proficient and advanced. Part of the internationally recognised ‘First Steps’ literacy program, the map is intended to help teachers chart students’ progress in speaking ...

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Speaking and listening resource book

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This is a detailed resource book that supports teachers in understanding and teaching speaking and listening. Part of the internationally recognised ‘First Steps’ literacy program and a companion resource for the ‘Speaking and listening map of development’, its focus is on: different forms of spoken language; speaking and ...

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Genetically modified crops - yes or no?

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This is a unit of work for teachers about the cases for and against genetically modified plants in Australia. It also includes intellectual property (IP) concepts about plant breeder's rights and the benefit to society. The resource has three main sections: Classroom unit - including an overview, the learning objectives ...

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